Improvement in wagon-axles



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WILLIAM F. SNEED, OF DYERS STATION, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-AXLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,716, dated November10,1874; application filed June 10, 1874.

to the spindle.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. F. SNEED, of Dyers Station, county of Gibson andState of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAxles, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an axle for wagons or other vehicles, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describeitsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, inwhich Figure l is a side viewof one end of the axle. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of an interior metal plate used in the axle.

A represents an ordinary wooden axle, formin g a spindle at each end forthe wheels, and having the usual shoulder at a, against which the innerend of the wheel-hub comes. The axle is out with a vertical slot runninglongitudinally from the outer end of the spindle inward to a suitabledistance beyond the shoulder (4. In this slot is inserted a solid metalbar, B, which corresponds with the shape and extends to the upper andlower surfaces of.

the axle, thus giving strength and durability At the point of the bar B,

which thus forms the skein, is a band, C, which encircles the end of thespindle and presses the wood to the iron. From this end of the skeinprojects the bolt 1), upon which is screwed the nut E to hold the wheelon the spindle.

The point-band O is cast solid with the skein B; and I have also shown aband, D, cast solid with it, to encircle the axle at the shoulder a, andpress the wood at this point against the iron. This shoulder-band D may,however, be dispensed with, or made separate, if so desired. The skein Bis held in the axle by a pin, d, passing through them behind theshoulder-band D, as shown in Fig. 2. G represents a separate band passedaround the spindle and skein.

By means of the solid iron bar or skein running perpendicularly throughthe spindle, and a proper distance behind the shoulder, the spindle ismade strong and durable; and when the skein gets worn it can be easilyre moved and replaced.

I am aware that a supporting-plate made of iron, inserted in the axle,having a lockin ferrule, has been used in connection with an iron hub.

Having thus fully described my invention,

WM. F. SNEED. Witnesses:

J. N. MCDANIEL, S. M. BEE'roN.

